HMS Adder Rudder/Tiller/wheel.

[hornet]

I’m currently building the Vanguard Adder and am scratching my head as to why the ropes from the ships wheel are not linked to the tiller as I have seen in other builds. The ropes from the wheel  go below deck and are,I assume, linked to the rudder by ropes and blocks/pulleys. Is the tiller there as a fail safe or am I missing something 

[chris watton]

My fault, I really should have added an explanation in the manual.

 

The tiller that you see is auxiliary - there is another tiller arm a little further down the rudder. If you look at the rudder, you can see I simulated the start of the lower tiller arm (a little stub near the top, but lower than the deck tiller arm)

 

If you also showed a picture of the actual rudder, the lower tiller stub would be seen.

[hornet]

Thanks Chris. I appreciate your explanation.  Love the detail in this kit!